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[2021] WLR(D) 389
Supreme Court
Regina (A and another) v Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and another (Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit intervening)
[2021] UKSC 27
2020 Nov 11; 2021 July 9
Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lady Arden, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens JJSC
Crime— Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority— Compensation, whether payable— Claimants with unspent convictions for offences for which they had served custodial sentences applying for compensation as victims of subsequent trafficking— Compensation scheme precluding compensation to applicants with unspent convictions— Whether scheme discriminating against claimants in enjoyment of Convention rights— Whether scheme within ambit of Convention right not to be held in slavery or be required to perform formed labour— Whether having unspent relevant conviction “other status”— Whether difference in treatment arising from scheme justified—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 4, 14
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Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (2012), para 26, Annex D, para 3